A six-week course and experience to explore the design process in a hands-on, project-based design experience that allows you to be a designer in a studio setting. You will learn the design process through activities and exercises to design and build a project from concept to a final prototype, With an opportunity to present and exhibit to pupils. Each studio focuses on a different design discipline, with no more than 4 designers per studio class.

• Two-hour weekly sessions on Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30PM, beginning March 25

• No studio on Tuesday, April 15

• Work outside of sessions expected and encouraged (approx. 2-4 hours weekly)

• Time will vary and dependent on design(er) approach

• Materials for early design development and light kit provided (final intended object materials not included)

• Learned skills / activities include:

• Design Process/Thinking

• Research

• Ideation/Brainstorming 

• Design development

• Prototype/Model making

• Testing

• Sketching and drawing

• Material budget/estimate

• Presentation

• Review/Critique

• Working light

• Exhibit project during Design Gym’s Purple Preview on Saturday, May 3, 2:00-5:00PM

STUDIO INSTRUCTOR: Erike De Veyra, designer + founder of Design Gym